seize
Significado (Inglês)
- To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”).
- To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- (obsolete) To fasten, fix.
- To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- To have a seizure.
- To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
Sinônimos
take hold of
take possession of
take forcibly
catch hold of
take by force
distrain
captivate
scramble for
snatch away
take prisoner
grab onto
hold fast
grab suddenly
hold on to
jerk away
lay one’s hands on
wrest something from someone
pounce on
be hasty
lay hold
take possession
take in charge
withhold information
adhere to
catch fish
grab hold of
hold in place
hold to
put into order
snatch up
struggle with
take in hand
grasp tightly
mould sushi
mold sushi
attach goods
vie for
hold firmly
lay hands upon
hold to ransom
take a lot of
hent
tear from
catch hold
swoop up
bayonet lock
seize smuggled goods
encroach upon
hold in custody
impugn
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/siːz/
Etimologia (Inglês)
Earlier seise, from Middle English seisen, sesen, saisen, from Old French seisir (“to take possession of; invest (person, court)”), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre (“to lay claim to, appropriate”) (8th century) in the phrase ad propriam sacire, from Old Low Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring legal action”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjaną, *sakōną (compare Old English sacian (“to strive, brawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *sakaną (compare Old Saxon sakan (“to accuse”), Old High German sahhan (“to bicker, quarrel, rebuke”), Old English sacan (“to quarrel, claim by law, accuse”). Cognate to sake and Latin sagio (“to perceive acutely”).
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